Arborist services · Massachusetts

Waltham, MA

Waltham, MA · ~22 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.7
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Waltham, MA runs at 61% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Arborist services workplace, earning a grade B.

Waltham, MA: 2.7 TCR = 61% of Arborist services BLS 4.5 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Waltham, MA safety composite

Waltham, MA scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 71% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 30%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).

D

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 71% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.65 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% of industry peers

Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).

Rising injury rate

Waltham, MA: 4.1 → 4.7 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 4.7 TCR · DART/TCR 1.7× in 2024

Waltham, MA's TCR rose 0.6 from 4.1 in 2016 to 4.7 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.7× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561730 · Waltham, MA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.7 · 61% of ind

  • DART 4.7 DART
  • RANK #10/58
  • PHOTO 5788 - Macomb
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 5788 - Macomb (0.0 TCR gap)

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Waltham, MA in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows Waltham, MA averages 2.7 TCR (61% of the Arborist services BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Waltham, MA TCR series: 2016=4.1 · 2017=4.2 · 2018=0 · 2019=4.5 · 2021=4.5 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=4.7 · BLS 4.5

Where Waltham, MA falls in its industry

2,875 Arborist services establishments

Safer than 71% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 58 Arborist services employers in Massachusetts.

Waltham, MA (22 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.7 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Waltham, MA
Waltham, MA (22 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Waltham, MA has fewer employees than the Arborist services median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2024 4.7 4.7 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 4.5 4.5 1 0 0
2019 4.5 0.0 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 4.2 0.0 0 1 0
2016 4.1 4.1 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561730 · MA · Waltham

2,875 Arborist services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 118 employers in Waltham, MA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR 5788 - Macomb 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1004121811 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR 46050 Ocala 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Feasel's Grounds Maintenance 2.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Great Falls Aquaculture 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE ANP Bellingham Energy Company LLC 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE 65 Essex Road 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ryan Construction, Inc. 22 FTE
CITY-NEAR RESERVOIR WOODS (MA42) 2,025 FTE
CITY-NEAR 170 Data Drive Work Location-MAAV 1,985 FTE
CITY-NEAR RESERVOIR WOODS-MA42 1,736 FTE
CITY-NEAR Partners Home Care Inc 786 FTE
NAT-TCR SPR Tampa 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Mlw - Occ 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Falso Industries Inc 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR James R. Taylor and Sons, Inc. 2.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Mutual Graphics 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tri-Esco 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE MF Trans 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Skinner & Kennedy Co Inc 22 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.